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200 Shillings / 10 Pounds - George V
| Emittent | East African Currency Board |
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| Jahr | 1921 |
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| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Shilling (1921-1967) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Portrait of King George V in intaglio engraving within a circular guilloche frame at upper right, flanked by elaborate lathe-work borders and corner numerals reading 200. A central panel carries the denomination in Arabic script and Gujarati script, with the issue date 'Mombasa 15th December 1921' inscribed at lower left alongside three manuscript signatures of the East African Currency Board members. |
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| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | TWO HUNDRED SHILLINGS OR TEN POUNDS TWO HUNDRED SHILLINGS OR TEN POUNDS |
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| Anmerkungen |
The East African Currency Board was established in 1919 to provide a unified currency across British East Africa, replacing the rupee-based system that had served the region since the Imperial British East Africa Company era. This note, denominated in the transitional dual-unit system — shillings alongside pounds sterling — reflects the deliberate policy of shifting East African commerce away from the rupee toward a sterling-linked currency. The 1921 dating places it among the earliest issues of the new Board.
De La Rue's production for colonial currency boards in this period was prolific, but East African Board notes from this first series are genuinely scarce in any condition, largely because the tropical climate destroyed paper currency at a rate that astonished colonial administrators tasked with maintaining adequate supply.